Magical Girl Raising Project Restart Returns with New Designer and a Softer Lead
Restart pairs a returning writer with a new character designer and a protagonist who starts without Snow White's conviction, a shift in how the series frames its magical girls.
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Magical Girl Raising Project Restart premieres in October with series writer Takao Yoshioka returning to adapt Asari Endo's novels and Masako Ito joining as lead character designer. Ito, who handled the first season's super-deformed designs, worked to keep Maruino's detailed character art intact. Yoshioka contrasts new protagonist Pechka with Snow White, who was driven by a conviction Pechka lacks.
Maruino's character designs are detailed enough that a slight imbalance makes them look wrong, so Ito's versions carry a few more lines than usual. She drew the frills on Magical Daisy's outfit slowly and enjoyed how the character's expression turns sharp when a battle starts. Pfle and Shadow Gale were the most rewarding to draw because they talk to each other often.
There are no super-deformed characters in the second season, so Ito's first-season SD work did not carry over, though she would like to revisit it for merchandise. Yoshioka said Snow White was forever at the mercy of despair after her wish to become a proper magical girl was shattered, while Pechka lacks that conviction from the start.
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